At Stake in this Election:        

• The Office of the President of Bulgaria 

Government Structure: 

• Chief of State: President Rumen RADEV (since 22 January 2017) 
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Stefan YANEV* (since 12 May 2021) 
• Assembly: The National Assembly of Bulgaria (Народно събрание, Narodno sabranie) is a unicameral parliament consisting of 240 members. 

*Caretaker Prime Minister Stefan YANEV assumed his position following the resignation of former Prime Minister and GERB Leader Boyko BORISOV in April 2021. [1] 

Electoral System: [2]

• The Bulgarian presidency is determined by a direct popular vote based on a majoritarian two-round system and serves a five-year term. 
• The Prime Minister is elected by the National Assembly. 
• The National Assembly is a unicameral parliamentary body comprised of 240 seats, which are renewed every four years. Representatives are elected from among 31 multi-member constituencies, with the number of seats per district determined according to population size. While 31 members are elected using a first-past-the-post system, the remaining 209 members are elected via a proportional representation system using closed party lists and the D’Hondt method. Competing parties must surpass a four percent threshold in order to attain parliamentary representation. 

Last Election: 

• The last presidential electoral cycle occurred from 6 November - 13 November 2016. 

Main Candidates in this Election: [3]

• Candidate: Rumen RADEV 
  • Party: Independent (with support from BSPzB, PP, ITN, IBG-NI)
• ​Candidate: Anastas GERDZHIKOV
  • Party: Independent (with support from GERB-SDS)  
• Candidate: Mustafa KARADAYI
  • Party: Movement for Rights and Freedom  
• Candidate: Kostadin KOSTADINOV 
  • Party: Revival 
• Candidate: Lozan PANOV 
  • Party: Independent (with support from Democratic Bulgaria) 

Population and Registered Voters: 

• Population: 6,880104 (November 2021 est.) [4] 
• Registered Voters: 6,789,605 [5]

Gender Data: 

• Female Population: 3,556,343 [6]
• Is Bulgaria a signatory to CEDAW: Yes (17 July 1980) [7] 
• Has Bulgaria ratified CEDAW: Yes (8 February 1982) [8] 
• Gender Quota: No legislated or voluntary party quotas [9]
• Female Leaders in this election: Yes (Maya MANOLOVA of Stand Up, BG! We Are Coming!) 
• Human Development Index (HDI) Position: Rank 56 at 0.816 (2020) [10]
• Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low [11]

Disability Data: 

• Is Bulgaria a signatory to CRPD: Yes (27 September 2007) [12]
• Has Bulgaria ratified CRPD: Yes (22 March 2012) [13] 
• Population with a disability: 1,078,034 [14]

[1] https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/borissov-resigns-takes-immediate-paid-leave/

[2] https://o.nsd.no/european_election_database/country/bulgaria/electoral_system.html

[3] https://results.cik.bg/pvrns2021/tur1/rezultati/index.html 

[4] https://countrymeters.info/en/Bulgaria

[5] https://www.idea.int/data-tools/country-view/62/40

[6] https://countrymeters.info/en/Bulgaria

[7] https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en

[8] https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?Treaty=CEDAW&Lang=en

[9] https://www.idea.int/data-tools/data/gender-quotas/country-view/62/35

[10] http://hdr.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/BGR

[11] https://www.genderindex.org/country-profiles/

[12] https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?CountryID=176&Lang=EN

[13] https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/TreatyBodyExternal/Treaty.aspx?CountryID=176&Lang=EN

[14] http://www.electionaccess.org/en/resources/countries/jp/all/